FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBREVARD COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATIONSunday, March 20, 2011

MCCORMICK, TORNADOS DOWN THE WOLVES, 8-1

Brevard wins 2011 SAC opener

Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados men’s tennis team opened conference play with a vengeance, taking all three doubles matches from visiting Newberry College on Sunday afternoon, before taking five of the six singles matches to open SAC competition with the 8-1 victory.

Scott McCormick and Beau Wills set the tone early for Brevard (7-5, 1-0 SAC), taking the first point of the match at the no. 1 doubles position, 8-1. Sam MacNeil and Jonathon Lavelle teamed up to put Brevard up 2-0 with their 8-6 victory, before Jarred Fisher and Shane Apps completed the sweep on court no. 3 with the 8-5 victory over James Bethea and Jeffery Kiser.

In singles action, Apps pushed Brevard one point closer to victory with his opening 6-0, 6-1 victory on court no. 6 and McCormick clinched the win, recording his ninth straight victory at the no. 1 position with his 6-2, 6-0 victory.

David Sons gave the Wolves (3-9, 2-3 SAC) their lone point in the match at the no. 5 position, topping Lavelle with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.

Jarred Fisher and Beau Wills closed out their matches with straight set victories, before Sam MacNeil ended the match on court no. 2 in winning the third set tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.

Brevard remains at home this week as they host Lenoir-Rhyne University on Wednesday afternoon at the McCoy Tennis Complex. Doubles action between the SAC rivals starts at 2:30 p.m.